Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum België

Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber)24 October 2024 (*)( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual and industrial property – Copyright – Directive 2001/29/EC – Articles 2 to 4 – Exclusive rights – Copyright protection for subject matter of applied art the country of origin of which is not a Member State – Berne Convention – Article 2(7) – Criterion of material reciprocity – Division of competences between the European Union and its Member States – Application by the Member States of the criterion of material reciprocity – First paragraph of Article 351 TFEU )In Case C‑227/23,REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the Netherlands), made by decision of 31 March 2023, received at the Court on 11 April 2023, in the proceedings Kwantum Nederland BV,Kwantum België BVv Vitra Collections AG,THE COURT (First Chamber),composed of T. von Danwitz, Vice-President of the Court, acting as President of the First Chamber, A. Arabadjiev and I. Ziemele (Rapporteur), Judges,Advocate General: M. Szpunar,Registrar: C. Di Bella, Administrator,having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 20 March 2024,after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:–        Kwantum Nederland BV and Kwantum België BV, by C. Garnitsch, R. Rijks and M. van Gerwen, advocaten,–        Vitra Collections AG, by S. A. Klos, A. Ringnalda, advocaten, and M. A. Ritscher, Rechtsanwalt,–        the...